7.5/1076 votes#1 - At Journey's End, We Meet
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2004
Young aristocrat Albert visits the city of Luna on the surface of the moon. He quickly falls under the spell of an enigmatic gentleman - the Count of Monte Cristo.
Director: Yuu Kou
Writer: Shuuichi Kouyama, Yura Ariwara
7.6/1062 votes#2 - Until the Sun Rises over the Moon
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2004
Albert is kidnapped! Franz's frantic attempt to collect the ransom money comes up short, so he warily seeks the assistance of the Count of Monte Cristo.
Director: Katsuichi Nakayama
Writer: Shuuichi Kouyama
7.3/1058 votes#3 - 5/22, Stormy
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2004
Back in Paris, Albert's sheltered friends grow suspicious upon the arrival of the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo.
Director: Yoshimasa Hiraike
Writer: Shuuichi Kouyama
8.0/1055 votes#4 - A Mother's Secrets
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2004
The questions surrounding the Count multiply when Albert visits the man's lavish mansion in Champs Elysees, which is filled with complicated tricks and gold ornaments.
Director: Mitsuhiro Karato
Writer: Natsuko Takahashi
7.4/1055 votes#5 - Do You Love Your Fiancee?
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2004
During a pleasure cruise arranged by the Count, a disagreement leads to a duel between Albert and Maximilien. Albert's raw emotions allow his host to grasp even more sway over his destiny.
Director: Hirokazu Yamada
Writer: Natsuko Takahashi
7.7/1055 votes#6 - Her Melancholy, My Melancholy
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2004
The Count of Monte Cristo positions himself deeper into the lives of those around Albert after meeting a banker and his frustrated wife.
Director: Takaaki Wada
Writer: Tomohiro Yamashita
7.5/1051 votes#7 - The Secret Flower Garden
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2004
The lives of Albert's aristocratic friends are full of secrets - and the Count is among those prone to whispering in the ears of ladies known to be spoken for.
Director: Yuki Ukai
Writer: Shuuichi Kouyama
7.6/1052 votes#8 - A Night in Boulogne
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2004
At a party thrown by the Count, the guests play a game. They search for a secret room in the villa where a curse is sealed away. Albert has already discovered one secret kept between the Count and Heloise.
Director: Yukio Okazaki
Writer: Shuuichi Kouyama
8.6/1054 votes#9 - I Dreamed a Dark Dream
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2004
The charms of the Count are fading for some, as mysteries and suspicions multiply. The controversy surrounding the mysterious man can only grow when a hidden poisoner begins to ply their trade.
Director: Yasuhiro Seo
Writer: Natsuko Takahashi
- 9.1/1059 votes
#10 - The Letter from Edmond
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2004
Villefort, Danglars, and Morcerf are invited to a funeral. Albert suspects something is wrong and follows them to an old church, where the lid of the casket is about to be opened.
Director: Mitsuhiro Karato
Writer: Tomohiro Yamashita
- 8.8/1048 votes
#11 - An Engagement Broken
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2004
Three aristocratic households are growing aware that they are caught in a conspiracy. Franz immediately suspects the Count, but Albert won't hear of it.
Director: Hirokazu Yamada
Writer: Tomohiro Yamashita
- 8.7/1049 votes
#12 - Encore
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/2005
Albert's engagement is in jeopardy; Baron Dangler prefers his daughter to marry into wealth. Albert rushes to the opera house to find Eugenie - but the curtain may have already closed on his love.
Director: Katsuichi Nakayama
Writer: Yura Ariwara, Natsuko Takahashi
- 8.6/1048 votes
#13 - Haidee
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/2005
Attorney General Villefort demands the arrest of the Count of Monte Cristo, but Heloise takes steps to prevent it from happening.
Director: Takaaki Wada
Writer: Shuuichi Kouyama, Yura Ariwara
- 8.7/1047 votes
#14 - Lost Souls
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/2005
After the announcement of Eugenie and Andrea's engagement leaves Albert feeling betrayed, the Count appears and invites him on a journey deep into the universe.
Director: Hidekazu Sato
Writer: Yura Ariwara, Tomohiro Yamashita
- 9.1/1056 votes
#15 - The End of Happiness, the Beginning of Truth
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/2005
Aboard his spaceship, the Count of Monte Cristo tells Albert about an old friend who was betrayed and imprisoned. Back home, Franz is close to learning an important secret.
Director: Hiroyuki Kambe
Writer: Yura Ariwara, Natsuko Takahashi
- 9.1/1050 votes
#16 - Scandal
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/2005
Closing in on the secret of the Gankutsuou, Franz learns of a sailor named Edmond Dantes who had strange connections to many of the families in Parisian high society.
Director: Yukio Okazaki
Writer: Shuuichi Kouyama, Yura Ariwara
- 9.0/1049 votes
#17 - Confession
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/9/2005
After the Count reveals a shocking truth, Albert is left shattered when Franz explains a horrible and twisted story of revenge.
Director: Hirokazu Yamada
Writer: Yura Ariwara
- 9.1/1059 votes
#18 - The Duel
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/2005
Mercedes enters the misty woods to meet the Count - but only a scene of violence is waiting for her.
Director: Mitsuhiro Karato
Writer: Yura Ariwara
- 8.0/1048 votes
#19 - Even If I Should Stop Being Me
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/23/2005
The Count escalates his plan for revenge, launching a bitter blow at his next target, the Danglars Bank. The impact will be felt by many - including Albert.
Director: Toshiyuki Kato
Writer: Yura Ariwara, Tomohiro Yamashita
- 7.5/1047 votes
#20 - Farewell, Euganie
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/2/2005
Being rescued from danger by Chateau-Renaud, Albert learns about Eugenie's marriage and rushes over to the Danglars' home.
Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka
Writer: Yura Ariwara, Natsuko Takahashi
- 7.2/1049 votes
#21 - The Golden Boy's True Identity
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/9/2005
An abominable memory, consigned to the darkness of the past, has been resurrected by the hands of the Count and his plan of revenge enters its final stage.
Director: Katsuichi Nakayama
Writer: Shuuichi Kouyama, Yura Ariwara
- 6.9/1045 votes
#22 - Counterattack
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/16/2005
The final target of the Count's rage returns to Earth and the bombardment of Paris begins!
Director: Hirokazu Yamada
Writer: Yura Ariwara, Tomohiro Yamashita
- 6.3/1051 votes
#23 - Edmond Dantes
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/23/2005
Albert and Mercedes are seriously wounded as Fernand prepares for his final showdown with the Count of Monte Cristo.
Director: Takaaki Wada
Writer: Yura Ariwara
- 5.8/1047 votes
#24 - At the Shore
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/30/2005
Five years later, Albert returns to Paris to visit the relics of his former life and the grave of a dear friend.
Director: Mahiro Maeda, Tetsuo Ichimura
Writer: Yura Ariwara
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In an elegant future Paris, a Count returns to wreak havoc on those that betrayed him.
Genres:AnimationDramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:tv asahi
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"At Journey's End, We Meet" is the best rated episode of "Gankutsuou" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 76 votes. Directed by Yuu Kou and written by Shuuichi Kouyama, Yura Ariwara, it aired on 10/6/2004. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Until the Sun Rises over the Moon".